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Best of luck that it turns out ok, but if it doesn't...

Five feet, nine inches. That's two separate measurements ladies. I'm 1.76m, I think that puts me a little over 5'9" in old money. Despite being almost exactly the UK average height I often feel rather short day to day.

It is now yes, although I can't remember if it was when I wrote that. Well even that is John Hall's own fault, by stymieing the sales of his instruments second hand that means that fewer beginners and people with a lower income will be able to buy their first Rick, which means they'll be less likely to buy a new one in the future. Facebook groups would be your best be I suppose.

I've got a roll along tool kit bag. It's bigger than I'd like but it fits everything I could ever need, including my Helix Floor Control board, two lights, an extension cable reel, etc. It means that I don't need a separate emergency kit and my load in is simply basses, rack and bag. Sometimes a mic stand... I used to pack what I needed for a gig before each gig but I'm not very good at that and frequently used to forget things. Now my gig items are never used at home, so I know the bag is always ready to go. For the sake of a few extra cables and things it's made my gigging life a lot easier. I take a lot of stuff in that bag, but not what I'd call 'emergency' in the spirit of this thread. Aside from the stuff that everyone takes as matter of course such as the correct cables, stands, earplugs, etc, my only emergency items are a Behringer BDI21, a clip on tuner, 9V batteries, a multi tool and a couple of sharpies. I didn't really use the pockets on gig bags, so I started putting some backup items in there. Each bass case now has a 99p strap from ebay, a few picks and a cheap 3m jack-jack cable. I can at least plug into something as long as I've got a bass with me.

You can either fit a rack shelf to the rear rails or just wedge a block of scrap wood between the bottom of the amp and the rack floor.

In the pc nerd world one of the biggest and best online stores is Scan.co.uk. They regularly win awards and people love them, but they've ripped me off twice and I had to take them to small claims court. Bad experiences are just as valuable as good ones, you care to elucidate on your Thomann deal?

I'd try and stop it from freezing, but other than that you shouldn't do any long term damage. Any changes are going to affect the tuning/intonation/setup though, so best to keep it as close to 'warm' as you feasibly can. Balance it with energy costs/polar bears/Greta Thunberg concerns. Mine live in my office as well. I never really have the heating on at home but the office has two computers, a server and a fish tank, so between all of those it doesn't ever get that cold if I keep the door closed. It's like free heating. Sort of.

Excuse me good sir. Please allow me to apologise for my colloquialism. ☺️ I geet Northern marra, we talk on the wonk up here. Yeah I have it higher for gigs. +10dB I think. That level is somewhat hissy at home but not even noticeable in a loud room during setup.

They're a chew on like aren't they? How loud are you running the software volume control on the Barefaced?

I had a pair of the PJB headphones that broke after 2 years and 3 months, they sent a brand new pair straight away. I never spoke to a person, as far as I can tell it was all automated. Couldn't have been happier! I've also got several of their own brand products: the well-regarded 50s style P bass, a few di boxes, the Six Mix, they're all great. I'm considering they're 1x12" pa cabs at the moment because I've never not been happy with their stuff.

GK Plex has all three.

Slight thread hijack sorry. RCF make 2 series of cabinets (well, they make loads but only 2 are relevant to this discussion). The 7 series is really highly thought of, and amongst the best FRFR cabs for basses. The 3 series are lighter duty and not as capable. I don't know you or your band requirements and maybe the 315 would be more that adequate but I wonder if you're conflating the 315 and the 735/745. They're worlds apart.

The samson has a relatively high input sensitivity, you'll need to give it 1.24V to get all of those 300W. I don't know what the batallion will do, but 1.24V is quite a lot for a pedal preamp. It's also big, heavy and not very powerful.... I've always been tempted by these. I don't have any first hand experience but they get great reviews and a 1V input sensitivity will be a little easier on the pedal. Half the size and a little lighter than the Samson, not to mention about £50 cheaper.

Oh good, at the time it was just a hypothesis that OBBM could do it better than the current doubler>polarity inverter>size adapter ridiculous combination that everybody has to use. There's plenty of stomp users that would benefit from the neater solution. Pleased you're happy.

Not new and not in one cabinet. At the end of the day it's quite expensive to make a speaker that goes both low and loud whilst being a reasonably-sized. Particularly if you've got to fit some kind of amp and dsp in there, all the while making it light enough to lift up onto a speaker pole. It's doable to get a sufficient PA system for your budget if you look on the used market. My hard rock band bought a pair of Alto 15 tops and a pair of Alto 18 subs for a grand total of £1000. If you only wanted one sub (all you'd likely need) then that would be under your budget. But they're big, heavy, unnecessarily loud and not the last word in sound quality. 4 boxes rather than 2 as well. It's even possible to do it brand new if you look hard enough. I've just received a Thomann own-brand speaker that I'm quite impressed with. 2 of their 110s an 18 sub is less than £700. But again, it's not the neat 2-box solution you wanted and I doubt they'd hold a candle to the RCF 7 series. I'm actually about to do a shootout between the Thomann 12", the RCF 712 and a few others because I want to answer that question. Might be possible to get a pair of older, great speakers, something like QSC K12s? Or I wonder what a used pair of 710s would go for? If you can find some for £400-£500 that would leave you a little for a decent used sub.

Well, the problem with that is that 'adequate' is entirely subjective. My gentler band (which is still Indie rock, so likely heavier/louder than yours) has 712s for mains (and there are subs) and 710s for wedges. I have used a single 712 as a bass rig before and did ok, I'm not sure I'd want to try that with the 710. We high pass those pretty hard at 100Hz for stage monitors. Plenty of 'tops' are finding favour without subs, but then you're looking at around £800 for a single speaker rather than a pair. I'm thinking of the QSC K12.2 and similar. Could you do your pair of 710s and use a bass amp? If it weren't for you there'd be no hassle! Bass players, eh? Could you spring for a small sub later on maybe?

You don't list it, but just checking: is your bass going through the PA? I mean, say what you like about the HK, at least there's a sub.

Low power pedals? Low profile? Isolated?

Switchable octave but no overdrive, I'm right with you. Hopefully SH666 (hey, it's got to be called something) will have the right combination for rock bassists.

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If you've already got that nice Vanderkley rig then just stick a Sansamp in front of it. If you simply have to buy new gear for that genre specifically it'd certainly be a Handbox head into a BF Six10 for me.

Yes. When I was looking at the Stomp I remember wondering if @obbm would be willing to make such a cable that's neater than jumping through those hoops.

FWIW my guitarist had the guitar version of this and exactly the same thing happens. It sits on his board largely unused because he normally uses his own amp, we get to a supplied backline gig where he doesn't like the amp, decideds to use his pedal instead and nothing. Same method of failure you describe. He didn't fix it, they're <£15 on ebay. Hell, they're about that new.

If I may share two things I've learned. 1. Anything shorter than 4u doesn't stand on its side very well, leading to problems when carrying. I know your amp is only 3u high and needs ventilation but unless the vents are right at the front you can put something really shallow on top. Wireless unit maybe? 2. The Gator short cases are amazing.